Kakitis v. Perry

WATHEN, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff, Leon Kakitis, appeals from a summary judgment entered in the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Saufley, J.) in favor of defendants, Clifton Perry, Frederick Brown, Richard McKeough, Francis Amoro-so, David McCarthy, and Robert Gorham. The court ruled that plaintiffs tort claim was barred because he failed to comply with the notice provisions of the Maine Tort Claims Act. We conclude that the court erred in holding that the notice given by plaintiff was inadequate, and therefore we vacate the judgment.

Plaintiff was the director of special education for the…